Nigerians Evading Tax On Foreign Properties Will Be Prosecuted – AGF, Malami
Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) has announced that the federal government will henceforth prosecute anyone found guilty of evading payment of tax on foreign properties. ABN TV reports that Malami who advised defaulters to take advantage of the voluntary offshore assets regularisation scheme (VOARS) to declare and regularise their assets, added that any bank or intermediary that is...
COVID-19: Buhari’s Government Totally Irresponsible, Has Failed Woefully – PDP
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has come hard on Buhari-led government in its approach towards the COVID-19 pandemic. The party said the government’s approach was parochial and marred by corruption, nepotism, incompetence and narrow-minded politics. The PDP, in a statement on Friday by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, spanked the Buhari administration for rebuffing wise counsels on the pandemic. The party chided the...
President Buhari Signs Bill On Financial Autonomy Of State Legislature, Judiciary
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law, Executive Order No. 10 of 2020 for the implementation of Financial Autonomy of State Legislature and State Judiciary Order, 2020. ABN TV reports that This was disclosed in a statement issued by Dr Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and made available...
COVID-19: Trump Sends 1,000 Ventilators To Nigeria
United States President, Donald Trump said Thursday that he has sent 1,000 ventilators to Nigeria to help save lives from the COVID-19 pandemic. ABN TV reports. Questioned on his claim of enough ventilators to share with other countries, after touring Ford Motor plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan, refitted to produce Personal Protection Equipment (PPE), he said: “We were just talking about...
“I Am Treated As A COVID-19 Suspect In My House” – SGF
Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation, SGF, says he is treated as a COVID-19 suspect in his house. Speaking at the presidential task force (PTF) briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja on Thursday, SGF, Mustapha appealed to Nigerians to take personal responsibility to prevent the spread of COVID-19. “I don’t know your experiences out there, but I can tell...
INEC Approves Policy To Conduct Elections Despite COVID-19 Pandemic
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has approved a policy to conduct elections despite the outbreak of coronavirus, COVID-19 in the country. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, announced this in a statement on Thursday. He disclosed that the strategy tagged “Policy on Conducting Elections in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic” would be released on Monday...
Imo Assembly Pass Law Which Strips Ex-Govs, Speakers From Receiving Pensions
Imo State House of Assembly on Thursday, May 21, repealed the 2007 pension act which effectively stripped ex-governors, their deputies and ex- speakers of their pensions and other entitlements. Some lawmakers who spoke in support of the executive bill titled “A bill for a law to repeal the Imo State governors and Speakers Pension and privileges law No 5 of...
FG Warn Governors Against Lifting Ban On Large Gatherings
The Federal Government has cautioned governors to rethink their decision to lift the ban on congregational, adding that the Coronavirus pandemic was still much with us. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of PTF on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said this at the daily briefing one the task force, while reacting to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano...
Youth Group Commends T.A Orji, Says He Utilised His Security Votes Well As Governor
The umbrella body of all the youth organizations in the Southeast zone, Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL), has defended the former governor of Abia state and the senator representing Abia Central, Sen. Theodore A. Orji on the utilisation of security votes while he held sway as a governor, saying he applied it judiciously. Reacting to a publication by...
Sen. Kalu: The World Looking Up To Nigeria To Obey Supreme Court’s Ruling — Aide
Hon. Maduka Okoro, the media assistant to the senator representing Abia North senatorial district, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu has stated that efforts are on within his legal team to ensure that the federal lawmaker regains his freedom soon in obedience to the Supreme Court judgment. In a chat with ABN TV on Thursday, Mr Okoro expressed regret that Sen. Kalu...
